Eight ISIS members arrested in Iraq
ERBIL, KRG, Iraq (North Press) – The Iraqi Security Media Cell announced on Tuesday the arrest of the so-called financial official of the Dijla Province (Wilayat) in the Islamic State (ISIS), and one of his assistant in Salah al-Din Governorate, while the Counter-Terrorism Service managed to arrest six other members in different Iraqi regions.
The Counter-Terrorism Service carried out a series of operations that began in Baghdad and ended in Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRG), the spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasoul, said in a statement.
He pointed out that the Counter-Terrorism Service arrested two ISIS members in a neighborhood of the capital, Baghdad, and another was arrested in Fallujah district in Anbar Governorate.
Meanwhile, the Counter-Terrorism Service carried out two operations in the governorates of Nineveh and Salah al-Din. Two ISIS members and another wanted one were arrested.
A statement by the Security Media Cell said that the Iraqi forces had arrested the so-called financial official (Dijla Province) and one of his Assistants.